Westport Friends Meeting

September 2004 Newsletter

Sometimes the light of the sun is withdrawn for a moment, and that which is fairest vanishes from the place that was enriched by its presence. Yet the garden is never quite deserted. Modest flowers, whose charms we had not noted when youth was bright and the world seemed ours, now lift their heads in sheltered places and whisper peace… And over the grave of each buried hope or joy stands an angel with strong comforting hands and patient smile; and the name of the garden is Life and the angel is Memory.
- Kate Douglas Wiggins

On Saturday, August 21, local residents and Friends throughout the area joined with Jean’s family for a memorial service in memory of Friend Jean. Though our hearts are tender still, Westport Friends Meeting wishes to thank everyone who attended and helped to make the memorial fitting and appropriate. As one Friend said following the service, “I think Jean would have approved.” Our love and prayers go out to Jean’s family.

5 Property Committee, 8:30 AM
5: Ministry and Counsel Committee, 11:45 AM.
12 Meeting/First Day School Cookout at noon! Bring your appetite, see Beth Bauer for details
17-19 JYM Elementary Retreat at Woolman Hill
18 NEYM Ministry and Counsel at Quaker City Unity Friends Meeting, Unity, NH.
19 Monthly Meeting for Business, 11:45 AM
19 First Day School begins.
19: Conversation Café meets at Smith Neck Meeting, 4-5:30 PM. See Greg Stone details.
21 Market Ministries (Want to help? Speak with Barbara Wicks
26: Religious Education Committee, 11:45 AM.

Glenn Dubler 12th, Max and Turner Dubler 13th, Allon Dubler 16th, Jeremy Baker-Smith 23rd, Ruth Howland 30th.

Friends are asked to hold the work and ministry of Eden and Jim Grace (Beacon Hill Meeting) in their thoughts and prayers as they, with sons Isaiah and Jesse, leave this fall to live in Kisumu, Kenya. Jim and Eden will work in the Friends United Meeting’s African Ministries Office. Contributions to support this ministry are appreciated. Contact Buddy Baker-Smith, Clerk, or www.fum.org/ for more details.

• Larissa Correia returns to UMASS-Dartmouth and commutes from home. Her contact info remains the same and is in the Meeting Directory. Email: lacorreia@comcast.net
• Ben Baker-Smith has left for his first semester at Oberlin College.. Email: sum_meus@hotmail.com
• Cooper Chase-Tatman heads back to Brandeis. Email: coopert@brandeis.edu
• Aimee Belanger returns to her second year at Mass Art. Unfortunately, Email: abelanger@massart.edu
• Nick Bauer, returns for his second year at Brown U. Email: nick_bauer@brown.edu
• Tristan Athearn-Hess heads to Hampshire College. Email: tba04@hampshire.edu
• Amelia Ehrens, leaves for her first year at Warren Wilson College. Email here at: metix@graffiti.net
• Please consider dropping a note or emailing the above young adults. Even with busy college lives they still enjoy hearing from their spiritual community!
• Book sorting: Booksale is only eleven months away! This work goes on quietly, but help is needed. Speak with Drew, Mark or Stewart for times.

You might be a Quaker if:
You actually stay awake longer than twenty minutes of unprogrammed worship.
You understand one-tenth of what Robert Barclay wrote in his “Apology.”
You might not be a Quaker if:
You attend a Friend’s Church in California and drive a Lexus.
You voted for Richard Nixon because he represented Quaker ideals.
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Who loves the rain,
And loves his home,
And looks on life with quiet eyes,
Him will I follow through the storm,
And at his hearth-fire keep me warm;
Nor hell nor heaven shall that soul surprise
Who loves the rain,
And loves his home,
And looks on life with quiet eyes.
- Frances Shaw

Please send items for newsletter to Kevin Lee,
48 Carlton Street, Dartmouth, MA 02748
508-994-1638. Email: Kevin@jymretreats.org.